Comments | lyssie: This week, booklist, etc., etc.

lyssie

This week, booklist, etc., etc.

Jun 22, 2012 15:04

1. On Saturday, I went and had lunch with frobisher at the Milwaukee Public Market. It was excellent.

2. Sunday, I discovered I was hitting a wall in Bring it On (Laura Anne Gilman), in that the SAME THINGS that had happened in the previous two books were happening in this one. And I suddenly hit a point where I was tired of the over-arcing plot GOING ( Read more... )

sff:scandal, sff:books, books:2012

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sabaceanbabe June 22 2012, 20:42:37 UTC

3. Hmm. I just looked at thg_kink and I maybe don't understand? I thought kink memes were supposed to be dedicated to, well, kink? Most of the prompts there look like average, everyday fic prompts. Admittedly, there are only a half dozen or so, but only one of them struck as being for a particular kink.

And I need to do something for the Trucco thing. I just don't know what. *sigh*

4. That's very disappointing. I generally like urban fantasy, but yeah, there've been some recently that I dropped because of the general misogyny. I think I've become more sensitive to that since I've been in fandom. Which is not necessarily a bad thing.

7. I hope you land something, preferrably something awesome, soon.

lyssie June 22 2012, 23:42:27 UTC

I've been hearing that kinkmemes have devolved like that--they're more comment-fic prompt memes, these days.

(so do I, but my brain is dead)

4. I wonder if it's a resurgence of the whole "there must be Reality!" in them or something. I've been noticing more than a few "my character isn't hot" themes, as well (though if they're not supposed to be, they'll still have people lusting after them, so idek)

Thank you! My fingers are crossed, a bit. =D

lavidaessueno June 22 2012, 21:18:24 UTC

I don't read Patricia Briggs precisely because rape and sexual assault is her go-to plot device to control women's behavior. Thanks but no thanks.

As far as tall UF heroines: Rachel Morgan, the main character in the Kim Harrison series, is pretty tall (5'8"). She's the only one I can think of offhand.

lyssie June 22 2012, 23:46:09 UTC

Ugh. I'd heard that, which was why I hadn't tried one of hers yet.

Kim Harrison is a name I've seen a lot in the paperback racks at the library. I'll pick one up.

(mostly, I'm being hyperbolous--which is probably not a word--about the height, but I did read four books in a row from different authors, all with short protagonists who angsted about how all the manly-men could defeat them without breaking a sweat)

lavidaessueno June 23 2012, 02:30:43 UTC

The thing is, though, you're right, and it's an obnoxious trend. Part of what I like about the Rachel Morgan series is that she's tall, she's kind of klutzy, and she wears leather pants. That being said, the first few books were the best in that series.

auroramama June 23 2012, 01:31:28 UTC

I'm so with you on rape as handy-dandy plot utensil. For one thing, my tolerance for fictional rapists continuing to thrive has dropped from about a page to maybe a sentence, and so much better if something kills the guy before he can do more than be a jerk. If I have to turn the page to see what happens to him, it's just not fast enough, chicken Marengo. Book, meet Wall.

lyssie June 23 2012, 01:53:50 UTC

*gigglefits*

BUT YES.YES, THAT. it's especially annoying when, for plot purposes, the rape-threatening dude ends up an ally of the protagonist. (which is why I wonder some of it is some weird rape fantasy thing)

amaresu June 25 2012, 10:58:01 UTC

On the other hand I hear they're rolling back the plan to have rape as Lara Croft's backstory due to the outrage heard round the 'net over it. So that's something. Not exactly progress, but not exactly the status quo.

I've owned Night Child for years and never gotten past the first chapter. I keep thinking that next time I won't bounce off of it.

lyssie June 25 2012, 17:02:54 UTC

Oh, that is awesome (I'd heard about it, and it had added to my raaaaage).

See, that makes me feel slightly better, but I want to like the book! That whole supernatural crimes aspect was the part of the Anita Blake books I liked best, back in the day before they were non-stop dubcon porn.

amaresu June 26 2012, 15:02:54 UTC

Last I heard they were rolling it back because people pointed out how awful it was.

Yeah, I feel like I should like this book series and I can't even read the first book. It has lots of things I should like. So it sits on my shelf of books I should like, but bounced off of for no reason that I can point to.